New Carbon Black Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator Shields files a bill targeting the Ouachita parish carbon black industry restricting natural gas use near towns. It would end carbon black manufacture in populated areas and nearby plants. The measure follows the Jones bill seeking full abolition, awaiting committee action as Hood is absent on a senatorial mission.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Ouachita Parish
Shields
Conservation Committee
Senate
T. L. Hood
Monroe
Short Story Wins Oakes Stakes at Epsom
Lord Astor's Shirt Story won the Oakes stakes for three year old fillies at a mile and a half in EPSOM England. The race carried 2 000 pounds with extras. Lord Astor also took third with Gay Bird. D Sullivan's Resplendent finished second.
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Epsom
England
A.A. P
Lord Astor
Shirt Story
Gaybird
D. Sullivan
Flashes of Life Across Cities
AP dispatches report varied life snapshots from cities: at Annapolis over ten percent of the naval academy class plans marriage soon. Trenton governors seeks strict prison discipline. Newark notes a long-ago Panama indiscretion linked divorce. Albany highlights governor’s daughter in clerk’s office license delay. Chicago jokes about a triple cycle of marriage and divorce between Arthur and Mabel Wittgren. Shreveport mentions boys pelting Fort Worth Cats with rancid eggs en route to a game.
Liberal unity seen as Lloyd George Oxford rift mends
London reports a move toward reconciliation between the Lloyd George and Lord Oxford Liberal wings after a secret parliamentary group meeting. Lloyd George supporters hold a majority and voted confidence, with a committee to brief Lord Oxford on the meeting’s sense. Details remain undisclosed.
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London
A. P
Lloyd George
Lord Oxford
Liberal Party
Daily Mail
Naval Academy Grad Refuses Oath and Ensign Commission
Earle B. Zirckle, who graduated from the Naval Academy, refuses to take the oath of allegiance or accept an ensign’s commission. He is aboard the battleship New York as classmates, now officers, are scattered on leave before duty. Zirckle cited a growing distaste for naval life and had twice offered to resign.
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Annapolis
A. P
United States
Earle B. Zirckle
Naval Academy
New York
Navy
Marine Corps
Zirckle
Navy Department
Wilbur
Louis M. Nurton
Academy
Zirckie
Garden City
Kansas
Two Killed When Auto Strikes Gas Line in Arkansas
In El Dorado Arkansas Juned from New Edenburgh and Miss Nettie Ray from Dirks died in Norphleet hospital from burns after the auto they rode in struck a high pressure gas line torch. The torch snapped and gas ignited, setting the car afire as they returned from a dance near Norphleet.
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EL Dorado
Ark
A.P
Lee Hargis
New Edenburgh
Nettie Ray
Dirks
Norphleet
Ten New Rum-Runner Chasers Authorized
The U S house passed a bill authorizing construction of ten Coast Guard vessels to combat rum-running. Senate action followed late last night, with ships to be built for U S duties along coastal waters.
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Washington
A. P
House
U. S
Coast Guard
Senate
Illinois Central Heads Meet in Monroe Brief Gathering
A delegation led by A. E. Clift from Illinois Central met Monroe and West Monroe officials at Hotel Virginia roof garden for cordial talks on cooperation. Mayors, bankers, chamber leaders, and railroad executives expressed mutual goodwill and pledged to foster strong ties with the Illinois Central and its regional partners. The visit included shop inspections and a luncheon before the party departed for Shreveport.
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Twin Cities
Illneis Central Railroad
Hotel Virginia
Illinois Central Road
A. E. Clift
Arnold Bernstein
Richard Downes
Ouachita National Bank
Monroe
Ilinois Central
C. Bell
West Monroe
C. W. Mitchell
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fred Hudson
Donald F. Walker
Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Central
Clift
Shreveport
Chicago
J. J. Pelley
A. C. Mann
G. E. Patterson
Telegraph
Memphis
J. C. Stamm
Vicksburg
P. B. Jeffries
A. & Vev
New Orleans
L. B. Ferguson
Motive Powers A & VV
HB. Sargent
Measure Repeal Rail Stop Law Faces Protests
In Baton Rouge on June 4 the Holcombe bill to repeal the railroad stop law faces modification and third reading amid protests. The Senate debate centers on keeping the law or adopting a compromise design allowing designated crossings and slow-signs. Several other banking and tax bills advance or are returned to committee as sessions wrap.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Holcombe
Pike Hall
Sandoz
Huson
Williamson
East Carroll
Senator Hood
Senate Committee On Banks and Banking
Senate
Peltier House
Judiciary Committee
Banking Commission
Peltier
Gilbert and Street
Agricultural Committee
House
W.S. Cobb
Orleans
New Orleans
First Mexican Woman in Congressional Race
The first political manifesto issued by a woman in a Mexican congressional campaign circulates. Senora Elvira Cerrello Puerto seeks the federal seat from San Louis Potosi and would become Mexico's first congresswoman if elected. Opponents say the time is not ripe for women’s suffrage or officeholding.
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Mexico City
A.P
Senora Elvira Cerrello Puerto
Federal Congress
San Louis
Potosi
Mexico
England
United States
Incendiarism Blamed for Lake Charles Grocery Fire
Fire department officials in Lake Charles say incendiarism caused the destruction of a grocery owned by Gaston T. Heriot. Shavings and combustible materials were found at a corner of the building. The flames spread to a nearby house, occupied by Irving Jensen and his large family, which also burned. Loss estimated at 6000 dollars.
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Lake Charles
A. P
Gaston T. Heriot
Irvin Jensen
Floods Spread in Lower Volga. Astrakhan Dyke Breached
Floodwaters spreading in the lower Volga region reach Astrakhan where the town's dykes have given way. Part of Astrakhan is flooded and extensive damage reported.
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Moscow
A. P.J
Lower Volga
Astrakhan
Oil Field 150 Miles Forecast by W R Julian Surges Ahead
Geologist W R Julian predicted a 150 mile oil field stretching from Sicily Island through LaSalle and into Sabine Texas. Yesterday LaSalle parish reported 20000 barrels daily, doubling his January forecast in six months. He sees Louisiana leading a future oil boom across multiple parishes and Sabine county Texas.
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W.R. Julian
LaSalle
W. R. Julian
LaSalle Parish
Mr. Julian
Julian
Mid-Continent
Louisiane
Sicily Island
Winn and
Grant Parishes
Natchitoches
Sabine Parish
Sabine County
Texas
Jackson
Angelina-Caldwell
Louisiana
Julien
Architect Wright Arrested on Peace Warrant at Taliesen
Frank Lloyd Wright faced a peace warrant filed by Miriam Noel Wright after a night of attacks at Taliesen near Spring Green Wisconsin. He was briefly jailed and released on advice of the county district attorney. Olga Milanoff, a Montenegrin dancer, was later found to have been present at Taliesen before fleeing.
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Spring Green
Wis
A. P
Frank Lloyd Wright
Miriam
Noel Wright
Taliesen
Here
Boardman
Iowa County
Wright
Senator Borah to study papers on Panama lands deal
Documents claim British interests won concessions to large tracts of public land near the Panama canal. Richard Q. Marsh presented the papers to Senator Borah who said he would review them and may seek state department information. Lands said to be acquired for rubber culture.
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Washington
A. P
Panama Canal
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard Q. Marsh
New York
State Department
Hargrave Dies from Burns in Missouri Pacific Oil Fire
L K Hargrave aged 45 a brake man on the Missouri Pacific died at 7 45 p m in a local hospital from burns suffered in an explosion near Strong Arkansas early yesterday. He went with a lantern to the wreck site when a spark ignited oil in derailed cars. He was rushed to St Francis sanitarium where he died. Seventeen cars with their contents were said to be lost. His body will be sent to Arkansas City Kansas for burial.
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Strong
Ark
L. K. Hargrave
Missouri Pacific
Hargrave
Arkansas City
Kans
Buriag
Anail
el Dorado
Hargrave J
St. Francis Sanitarium
WIFE AGAINST WRIGHT AT TALIESEN GATE PROTEST
In Spring Green Wisconsin Mrs. Taliezer Wright seeks entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin estate after a failed divorce bid. She storms gates with warrants against housekeeper Mme Milanoff, while guards and deputies block access. Courts are sought as the saga at Wright’s famed home continues amid past turmoil.
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Villa Spring Green
Wis
Taliezer
Frank Lloyd
Miriam Noel Wright
Wright
Taliesen
Olga Milanoff
Buffalo
Mrrs
Mme. Milanoff
Spring Green Hotel
Ransdele Prods Senate to Probe Farm Needs Plan
The farm stabilization proposal resurfaces in the Senate with McNary leading the charge. Southern Democrats voice doubts while Randsell argues only 9 percent of producers are heard and more input is needed before applying equalization principles. Mayfield questions cooperative stockpiling's value as cotton prices slip despite 1.5 million bales turned over.
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Washington
A. P
Congress
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Randsell
Louisiana
Mayfield
Texas
Texa
Gooding
Idaho
Simmons
Washington Farm Relief Moves Before Senate Amid Harbor Tensions
In Washington a farm relief bill advances in the Senate while the House battles wind and harbor disputes. Rivers and harbors issues set the backdrop as lawmakers seek funding and policy fixes.
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Senate
House
Bomb explodes at American legation in Montevideo
A bomb shattered the entrance wall of the American legation in Montevideo at 8 a.m. no injuries reported. This marks a second similar attack on a U S site in South America within weeks, following Buenos Aires blast tied to protests over Sacco and Vanzetti verdicts.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
A. P
Legation
U.S
Emba Yy
Buenos Aires
Podlice
Massachusetts
Nikoli Sacco
Bartholomew Vanszetti
Sadaco
Vanzetti
A. Grant Smith
Bomb Explodes in Montevideo Diplomatic Building
A state department report cites a morning explosion in the vestibule of the Montevideo building housing the American legation chancellor. One person was injured. The message, signed by Grant Smith, US minister, promises further telegrams with details.
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Washington
A. P
State Department
Montevideo
Legation
Bing On
Ofe
Grant Smith
House Refuses River and Harbors Bill Referral
The House voted 183 to 97 to not send the rivers and harbors bill back to committee with instructions to drop Illinois River and Cape Cod Canal projects. It also rejected a motion to end the all American survey and a separate bid to strike the Missouri River survey between Kansas City and Sioux City, 166 to 68 and 145 to 38 respectively.
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Washington
House
Cape Cod
Sosnowski
Michigan
McDuffey
Alabama
Missouri River
Kansas City
Sioux City
Move to collect all automobile taxes at one office
A proposed constitutional amendment would allow a bill to collect all automobile levies when license plates are sold. Rep S C Shattuck of Calcasieu introduced the joint resolution in the House. The plan would have the secretary of state collect extra taxes with license taxes, backed by the state association of assessors and state administration officials.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
S. C. Shattuck
Calcasieu
Shattuck
State Association of Assessors
L. L. Moss
O. State
Highway Department
New Orleans
Mr. Moss
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Panama
Albany
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John Adams Warner
Arthur
Mabel Wittgren
Fort Worth
Jocal ‘Club
Cats
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